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jOgS] JUNE 21, 1913. FOREIGN AVIATION A French Cross-country Record. A NEW cross-country non-stop record for France was made by Lieut. Varcin on the 15th inst. Leaving Buc at 3.30 a.m. on his M. Farman biplane, with his mechanic as passenger, he flew to the St. Andre de Cubzac Military Aerodrome, near Bordeaux, where he landed at II a.m., after having taken seven and a half hours to cover the 477 kiloms. which separate the two places. Records at the Vienna Meeting. THE first two days of the aviation week at the Aspern aero, drome at Vienna, saw some remarkable performances, including the breaking of several records. On Sunday week, Perreyon on a Bleriot—fitted with a 160 h.p. Gnome and Chauviere propeller— took up two passengers to a height of 4,700 metres in 35 mins., thus beating Lieut. Blachke's world's record of 3,580 metres. Later in the day Herr Illner on a Lohner took up two passengers to 4,580 metres, and the next day he improved on ithis and Perreyon's record by taking his two passengers to an altitude of 5,180 metres. A speed race of 4'5 kiloms. resulted in a win for Audemars on a Morane, and in a turning contest Chevillard was easily the victor on his H. Farman, while Bregi on a Breguet made the longest flight with passengers. New Speed Records. ON a Deperdussin monoplane at Rheims on Tuesday, Prevost improved on the world's speed records up to 130 kiloms. Fifty kiloms were covered in 16 mills, 43* sees,) loo kiloms. in 33 mins, 301 SeCS.< and 130 kiloms. in 43 min. 351 sees. Brlndejonc Continues. IN our last issue we gave particulars of Brindejonc des Moulinais's splendid flight from Paris to Warsaw for the Pommery Cup. He intended to restart for St. Petersburg on Thursday of last week, but owing to the bad weather had to postpone it until Sunday morning, when he got away at 4.48 a.m. He did not succeed in accomplishing his object, having to stop at Dwinsk after flying about 350 miles, and, in landing, he broke a wheel, which entailed a delay of two days. He continued again on Tuesday, and then finished the remaining 350 miles to the Russian capital. After resting a couple of days it was his intention to fly back to Paris, this time by way of Helsingfors, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Issy to Mourmelon on a Volsln. ON a Voisin biplane built for the French Army, Rugere, with a passenger, on the 10th inst. went from Issy to Mourmelon, the journey taking 2 hours 52 mins. Long Flights on Deps. LIEUT. RADISSON, on a two-seater Deperdussin, on the IOth inst. made the 120 kilom. trip from Maubeuge to Rheims, while Lieut. Rochette, also on a Dep., completed 220 kiloms. in going over the same route and continuing to Bar-le-Duc. On the 12th Lieut. Radisson went on to Bar-le-Duc, covering the 100 kiloms. from Rheims in 45 mins. Two non-commissioned officers, Didier and Verdier, also made the trip from Maubeuge to Bar-le-Duc on two-seater Deperdussins. A Ble'rlot Superior Pilot. UNDER difficult conditions, the wind being very fluky, Revol- Tissot, on the 12th inst., completed his tests for a military brevet over the Buc-Pontleroy course, with a stop at Cercottes camp. His mount was a Bleriot. A New Gnome Motor. IN a month or so's time, the Gnome Co. will be introducing a new 50 h.p. motor, which will be known as the " monosoupape " or single valve type. It is said to give off 72 h.p., while the con sumption of petrol is very much less than in the ordinary type 50 h.p. Gnome. Testing the New Borel. LAST Sunday, Daucourt was busy testing the new military type Borel monoplane, which has the propeller placed behind the main plane, the pilot and passenger being seated side by side at the front of the fuselage and thus being able to get a full view of everything below them. Another British Officer at Etampes. CAPT. O. M. CONRAN arrived at Etampes on the 10th inst., and at once commenced a course of instruction on Farman machines. More Farman Superior Pilots. BRIGADIER PELTIER-DOIZY made his second test on an H. Farman over the Mourmelon-Mailly-Sissonne-Mourmelon course on the 10th inst,, and on the 12th Robert de Beauehamp, a Comite Nationals pupil, completed the tests on an M. Farman over the Buc-Orleans-Chartres-Buc route. On Saturday, Van Steyn made a 120 kilom. test on an H. Farman over the Etampes-Mailly Camp course. Good Work at Bathlat School. AT Mourmelon, at the Bathiat Sanchez School, on the nth inst., two of the pupils, Robinet and Chausse, were each flying for an hour and a quarter at a height of 1,000 metres, while Sappers Berlot and Lannier made the trip from Rheims to Mourmelon and back in 42 mins. On the previous day Robinet had been flying for a long time at a height of 2,000, and Chausse wa; up at 1,200 metres for an hour and a half, making a test for a superior brevet. A Nieuport Superior Pilot. FLYING over the course Villacoublay-Chalons-Brienne-Villa- coublay, on his Nieuport monoplane, Lieut, de Challonge completed the cross-country tests for his superior brevet on the nth inst. Bleriots for Mexico. HAVING decided to organize a flying corps for their army, the Mexican Government, as the result of the visit of a deputation to France, has placed an order with the Bleriot firm for 20 two-seater machines fitted with 80 h.p. Gnome engines. On the nth, a party of 31 Mexican officers arrived at Buc to undergo instruction at the Bleriot school. Maurice Farman on a Monoplane. AT BUC on Monday the Comte de Larienty-Tholozan took up on his military-pattern tandem-seated Bleriot Mr. Maurice Farman, who enjoyed a lengthy excursion over the neighbourhood. The biplane built by Champel, and with which he has been doing so much flying with passengers at Juvisy and elsewhere, and on which he made tour new world's records for pilot and four passengers at Cercottes a little time back. The motive power, It may be recalled, is a 100-110 h.p. 10-cyl. Anzani engine. 682
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